Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test
Memory tip (Know your memory): Find the topic of the question: memory steps, attention, short or long term, forgetting, or habits. Use that lesson’s tip — notice, store, recall; you keep what you notice; a small desk and a big cupboard; review before it fades; a rested brain remembers. For sums: add the gaps to the learning day, add study blocks and breaks, or count the hours of sleep.
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- 1.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) making a picture of it (c) linking to what you know (d) cramming the last night
- 2.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) you forget more (c) it slows down (d) nothing changes
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) revising before bed (b) skipping breakfast (c) feeling very stressed (d) screens till midnight
- 4.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a carry while adding (b) your birthday (c) your mother tongue (d) your home address
- 6.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) one long session only (d) reviewing after a week
- 7.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) it only helps in sport (c) you keep what you notice (d) it makes you tired
- 8.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) reading it once only (c) never testing yourself (d) reviewing the next day
- 9.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) hope for the best (b) hear it once (c) read it once (d) review and use it often
- 10.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) your brain is full (c) names can’t be learned (d) you are bad at names
- 11.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) study even more (b) buy memory pills (c) tell a parent or doctor (d) ignore it
- 12.True or false: “the last line you read” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 14.😴 You go to bed at 10:30 PM and wake up at 6:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
- 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 17.True or false: “cramming the last night” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) short-term memory (b) only your notebook (c) long-term memory (d) nowhere
- 19.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
- 20.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on your friend (d) on the teacher and board
- 21.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) bringing it back to mind (c) writing it neatly (d) forgetting it
- 23.Which of these helps your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) a full night’s sleep (c) an all-night cram (d) screens till midnight
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) cramming lasts for years
- 25.Which of these helps your memory? (a) staying up very late (b) short study breaks (c) screens till midnight (d) skipping breakfast
- 26.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) asking a question (c) a desk full of toys (d) one task at a time
- 27.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) scrolling videos (b) an hour of games (c) a long TV show (d) a short walk or stretch
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the national anthem (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) how to swim (d) the last line you read
- 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) TV on while studying (d) asking a question
- 30.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) phone in another room (c) games open on screen (d) short planned breaks
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up very late (b) a full night’s sleep (c) drinking enough water (d) fruit and vegetables
- 32.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 33.Which of these helps your memory? (a) feeling very stressed (b) hours with no break (c) staying up very late (d) fruit and vegetables
- 34.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 36.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 37.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 38.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) directions told just now (b) the national anthem (c) a number you just heard (d) a carry while adding
- 39.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) hundreds (b) a whole book (c) only a few (d) no limit
- 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) meaning makes it stick
Answer key
- cramming the last night
- it slows down
- revising before bed
- long-term memory
- a carry while adding
- reviewing after a week
- you keep what you notice
- reviewing the next day
- review and use it often
- not paying attention
- tell a parent or doctor
- True
- False
- 8
- pay attention
- step 1
- True
- long-term memory
- put it in another room
- on the teacher and board
- False
- bringing it back to mind
- a full night’s sleep
- sleep helps you learn
- short study breaks
- a desk full of toys
- a short walk or stretch
- the last line you read
- TV on while studying
- games open on screen
- staying up very late
- 7
- fruit and vegetables
- False
- helps attention
- step 2
- 6
- the national anthem
- only a few
- meaning makes it stick
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